technology in practice webinar series presents:
Blogging in the Classroom—for Beginners
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
1 pm Pacific / 2 pm Mountain / 3 pm Central / 4 pm Eastern
Janni Black |
In this introductory session, learn how blogging can help integrate Web 2.0 technologies into your curriculum. Experience how this form of interactive publishing creates authentic learning experiences, regardless of your content area. By the end of this webinar, participants will know the basics of setting up a WordPress blog, have rationale for using blogs as a powerful, motivatonal tool to promote meaningful student learning, as well as how to use blogging as a form of potent professional development.
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About the Presenter
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Janni Black is a secondary educator working in the trenches to bring 21st century skills to students. With 8 years of teaching experience in the curricular areas of English, Social Studies, and Special Education, in addition to her 10 years of classroom work in Computer Science, she understands that teachers of all content areas and age levels have enormous potential to help students develop digital literacy skills to ensure tomorrow’s success. As an early adopter of Internet technologies, she has used web technologies to supplement curriculum development for over a decade. Currently she shares her professional thoughts and experiences on her blog, Transitioning to Web 2.0 and was recently announced Women of the Web’s “Geek of the Week” for her blog post “Using Blogs to Promote Authentic Learning in the Classroom”. She enjoys giving hands-on Web 2.0 presentations to schools in the Denver metro area, and has shared on Classroom 2.0’s Live Conversations on the topic of educational blogging. She has served on various leadership and technology committees, and is an ISTE member.
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Become an ISTE Member
Webinar Pricing:
$50 ISTE Members
$125 Non-Members
$795 Season Pass (for Members Only)
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